Gate-adjuster



G.-W. AND C. E. 6088.

GATE ADJUSTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAYZB. 1919.

Patented Feb; 1,1921.

auveutoz UNITED s ArssPA ru T OFFICE.

GEORGE W. GOSS AND CHARLES E. GOSS, OF BALTIMORE, OHIO.

GATE-ADJUSTER.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, GEORGE W. Gross andCi-iantns E. Gross, citizens of the United States, residing at Baltimore, inthe county of Fairfield', State of Ohio, have invented a new and useful Gate-Adjuster, of which the following is a specification.

The device forming the subject matter of this application is a gate, and the present application embodies a'continuation' of our co-pending application for Letters Patent on a gate, Serial No. 273,407, filed Jan. 27, 1919.

The invention aims to provide novel means for holding a gate adjustably and releasably at different heights.

It is within the province of the dis closure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that, within the scope of what is claimed, changes in the precise embodiment of the invention shown can be made without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in side elevation, a gate constructed in accordance with the invention, parts appearing in section; Fig. 2 is a side elevation of theadjuster, parts being in section; Fig. 3 is a section on the line 8-3 of Fig. 1; Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1; Fig. 5 is a plan of the adjuster.

The numeral 1 denotes a gate which may be construrted in various ways without jeopardizing the utility of the invention. Preferably, however. the gate includes longitudinal rails 2 and cross bars 3, 4, 5 and 6 united with the longitudinal rails. Di agonal braces 7 extend upwardly from the cross bars 4 and 6, the upper ends of the braces being received between the cross bars 5 and being attached thereto by a securing device 8.

The numeral 9 denotes an inner support carrying an upper hook 10 and a lower hook 11. The lower hook 11 engages a hanger 12 mounted on the gate 1. An upper Specificationof Letters Patent.

This application filed. May 28,

hanger 14, in the form of a bar, extends between the crossbars 6 and is bent upon itself as shown at 15, to form an eye 17 engaged loosely with the upper book 10, the end of the back bent part 15 of the hanger being secured to the body portion thereof as shown at 16. A U-shaped head 18 is mounted in any desired way on the hanger 14. Preferably, the base of the head 15 attached by rivets 19 to the innerendof the hanger 14, the head including upstanding arms 20 and 21. There is a slot 22 in the arm 21, the arm 20 being provided with a slot 23. A retainer 24, ordinarily in the form of a bar, projects through the slots 22 and 23, the slot 23 being slightly longer, measured vertically, than is the slot 22. The retainer 24 includes a depending forward end 25 extended between the upper endsof the braces 7 and provided with an opening 26 in which the securing device 8 is received, although the retainer may be mounted in any desired manner. In the rear end of the retainer 24 there is an opening 27, adapted to ceive a stop, which may be a cotter pin 2 the function of the stop. being to provide the arms 20 and 21 from sliding oif the retainer while the structure is being assembled. The retainer 24 is provided, near to its angle, with an opening 28, adapted to receive one end of a flexible element 29, preferably a wire, the wire being extended through eyes 30 on the gate, the wire extending longitudinally of the upper rail of the gate, and downwardly. diagonally, across certain of the other rails of the gate. A U-shaped handle 31 is pivoted at 32 to one of the longitudinal rails, the forward end of the wire or flexible element 29 being attached to the top of the handle. The flexible element 29 may be used or omitted, as desired, but if employed it will form a useful adjunct.

If the retainer 24 is d sposed tangent to a circle, the center of which is the point of engagement between the lower hanger 12 and the lower book 11, then the arms 21 and 20 of the head 18 will slide freely along the retainer 24, the free end of the gate moving downwardly. Ordinarily. however, the retainer 24 does not stand in the position above mentioned, because the weight of the retainer 24 causes it to swing downwardly with the securing device 8 as a center.

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. on the ate is released, then the retainer is clamped in the slot 22, in any position which it may have assumed. The vertical position of the gate may be adjusted at any time by raising the free end of the retainer 24, so that the retainer can slide through the slot 22. The hand of an operator may be placed between certain of the rails 2 of the gate, and engage the diagonal down- Wardly extended portion of the flexible element 29, the retainer being operated in this Way; Or, if desired, a pull may be exerted on the flexible element by swinging the handle 31 forwardly on its pivotal mounting 32. The numeral 33 denotes a striking post and the gate is held thereto by a latch 37 of any desired sort.

lVe claim- In a device of the class described, a support; a gate; a retainer provided at one end with a depending arm pivotally mounted on the gate; a U-shaped head including arms having slots, the retainer being clamped in one slot and being movable loosely in the other slot; a hanger whereon the head is mounted; and means for mounting the hanger pivotally on the support.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto afiixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

CHAS. H. EMswILnR, F. A. RICKLEY. 

